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In brief opening remarks at the COP26 climate conference, President Biden told world leaders that the Earth is at an inflection point, with limited time left to prevent significant warming to the planet. wapo.st/3EBtagB "This is the decisive decade," said President Bide
While he did not mention Trump by name, Biden did reference his predecessor, who pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate accord.

“The United States is not only back at the table, but hopefully leading by the power of our example,” Biden said. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
British naturalist Sir David Attenborough made a passionate plea for world leaders to “rewrite our story,” warning that those who could be impacted by catastrophic climate change were not “some imagined generation” but “young people alive today.” wapo.st/31nj7gT “In my lifetime, I’ve witnessed a terrible decline,"
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday committed India to a target of “net zero” emissions by 2070 — two decades later than the mid-century goal that many advocates had hoped the country would pursue. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

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At COP26, countries face pressure to make more ambitious pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions with the goal of keeping average global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, compared to preindustrial levels. wapo.st/3GEDoyA
An analysis of national climate pledges by Climate Action Tracker, an independent international collaboration of climate scientists, shows the policies of many countries are inconsistent with their public pledges to cut greenhouse gases. wapo.st/3GEDoyA
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31 Oct
While the public may have been surprised by what happened on Jan. 6, the makings of the insurrection had been spotted at every level, from one side of the country to the other.

The red flags were everywhere. wapo.st/3pTXK0M
Intelligence officials never envisioned a mass attack against the government incited by a sitting president.

Yet Trump was the driving force at every turn as he orchestrated what would become an attempted political coup leading up to Jan. 6. wapo.st/3mvC3lN
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Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union ceased to be. The flag was lowered for the last time on Dec. 25, 1991.

That moment still begs deep questions for the U.S.S.R’s heirs: “Who were we as Soviets and where are we going as Russians?” wapo.st/2XXuPNW
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Welcome to Tverskaya Street. It was the Soviet Union’s display window on the bright future Kremlin-run communism was supposed to bring. wapo.st/2XXuPNW Image
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Under President Vladimir Putin, it is a symbol of his dreams of reviving Russia as a great power. wapo.st/2XXuPNW
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28 Oct
Tens of thousands of diplomats, researchers, protesters and presidents from around the globe are scheduled to descend on Glasgow, Scotland, starting next week for a critical United Nations climate summit. wapo.st/3BiAeNa
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That lofty aim can sometimes seem abstract. wapo.st/3BiAeNa
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Facebook researchers had deep knowledge of how coronavirus and vaccine misinformation moved through the company’s apps, according to documents disclosed by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. wapo.st/3mmERBx
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Most political parties in Poland have complaints about Facebook’s algorithms, the obscure formulas that decide which posts pop up on a user’s news feed and which fade into the ether.

The far-right Confederation party does not. wapo.st/3GvqiDC
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